Daily Links for Thursday, January 5

by Andy Boron on Jan 5, 2012 6:06 AM EST in Daily Links

More good news on the injury front is here for Buffalo - in case you missed it yesterday, Tyler Myers will most likely return for the Sabres' next game against Carolina tomorrow.

Sabres' Myers OK to give it a shot Friday - The Buffalo News
As soon as doctors gave Tyler Myers' body the green light, it was if his mind got healthy, too. The Sabres' defenseman began bombing slap shots and snapping passes Wednesday, his first practice after learning his surgically repaired wrist is completely healed.

All quiet on the Sabres hockey front - The Buffalo News
It's been a really quiet hockey season in Buffalo. How quiet? "Married couples fighting upstairs, you can hear that on the ice," Sabres forward Ville Leino said Wednesday. Some very interesting comments about game presentation and atmosphere here from Leino and Mike Weber.

VIEWING PARTY TO BE HELD JAN. 6 FOR SABRES/HURRICANES - Buffalo Sabres
The Buffalo Sabres today announced they will host a viewing party at First Niagara Center to provide fans with an opportunity to watch...

Bulldog: C'mon Sabres - WGR 550
Bulldog is waiting for something dramatic to shake this team up.

Rangers' coach Tortorella fined for comments - NHL.com
New York Rangers head coach John Tortorella has been fined for comments made following Monday's game against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Blackhawks' Carcillo suspended for seven games - NHL.com
Chicago's forward Daniel Carcillo has been suspended for seven games and will forfeit $66,158.54 in salary for boarding Edmonton's Tom Gilbert.

Flames' Bourque suspended five games - NHL.com
Flames forward Rene Bourque has been suspended for five games.

Ducks GM puts ‘for sale’ signs on everyone but Selanne, Koivu - Puck Daddy - NHL Blog - Yahoo! Sports
Maybe it's a motivation technique. Maybe he really doesn't mean everyone save for two players are available. Or, perhaps, Anaheim Ducks GM Bob Murray has actually placed nearly his entire roster on the auction block this season.

Cullen: I didn't expect this from the NHL in 2011 - TSN
As we start 2012, here are some things for each team from the 2011 portion of this NHL season that Scott Cullen did not expect.

Sale of the St. Louis Blues gets interesting - The Globe and Mail
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman enforces deadline puts Matthew Hulsizer’s bid out of contention

All sports should have something like NHL's Winter Classic - SI.com
What's been lost -- that first spark of love -- is hinted at in hockey's Winter Classic. It doesn't go nearly far enough though - Steve Rushin wants it to be played on a pond, lit by the headlights of your uncle's Dodge Dart.

World Junior Hockey 2012: All-European Final Leaves Canada Playing For Bronze - SBNation.com
Stunning turns and toppled favorites mean Canada misses out on the WJC gold medal game for the first time in 11 years, while Team USA battles it out in the relegation round. Sweden and Russia will play for gold.

Rick DiPietro Gets Injured While On Injured Reserve - Deadspin
The Islanders' $4.5 million third-string goaltender was sent home to see the doctor after he suffered a lower body injury, even though he's already been on IR for a month.

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My favorite things Leino has done as a Sabres

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“I’ve been thinking about it, too,” Leino said. "Maybe our game production could be a little better. The music and the things between periods and between timeouts and stuff like that. I’m sure that could pump up the team a little bit, too.

“You’ve got to get this crowd excited. In Philly there’s just a lot of fighting and hitting. That stuff gets the crowd excited. It’s good for the fans. I don’t think we need to be fighting, but scoring goals and hitting — we can hit a lot more. Hitting gets the crowd going, gets the team going, gets people excited. That’s one thing we can affect. We don’t have to focus on hitting, but if you’re going in there you can’t circle around. You have to finish your hits. That’s something we as a team could do a lot more.”

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“We could work on our game production — hopefully, I don’t get a hard time for saying this — but that’s the thing as an organization we can have an effect on.”

Thank you thank you thank you thank you sireric for bringing the furious punching cat back into my life. - poz

by bluecollarbuffalo on Jan 5, 2012 8:03 AM EST reply actions

Sabre, not Sabres……

Thank you thank you thank you thank you sireric for bringing the furious punching cat back into my life. - poz

by bluecollarbuffalo on Jan 5, 2012 8:03 AM EST up reply actions

Kudos to the Sabres for holding the viewing party...

too bad I live ~270 miles to the East!

Go Sabres!

by drwho62 on Jan 5, 2012 8:24 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

Yeah, it would be awesome if they showed ones in the BCA in Rochester when there wasn’t an arena conflict. That would be fun.

Thank you thank you thank you thank you sireric for bringing the furious punching cat back into my life. - poz

by bluecollarbuffalo on Jan 5, 2012 8:19 PM EST up reply actions

Really, no one else sees the irony in Leino saying there should be more hitting? No one? Fine, you guys, keep drinking the Finnish Koolaid.

by Katemc on Jan 5, 2012 3:20 PM EST reply actions

Oh, I saw the irony. But in his defense, he had other people in Philly throwing their weight around, so he didn’t have to. So, he probably means “we need other people to finish their hits”. Notice he said “your hits” and not “my hits” or “our hits”. I don’t know, but maybe that’s the disconnect. The players say and know what they have to do, and yet….

Thank you thank you thank you thank you sireric for bringing the furious punching cat back into my life. - poz

by bluecollarbuffalo on Jan 5, 2012 8:18 PM EST up reply actions

Sounds delicious

It should contain Finlandia brand Vodka.

by Philaster on Jan 6, 2012 12:56 AM EST up reply actions

Irony? Yes. It's too obvious.

However, if he returns to the lineup and starts throwing hits with as much effort as he can muster, I’d give him a pass on the irony part. Even if he can’t be an effective hitter, he could lead by example to get the other small guys (and larger guys who don’t hit often i.e. Stafford) on the team to play more like Gerbe once in a while.

by lassathrax on Jan 6, 2012 2:09 AM EST up reply actions